Coat.



Patented May 6, I902.

J. DE MAYO.

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(Applicnfiion filed July 5. 1901.)

(No Model.)

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JOSEPH DE MAYO, OF MOUNT VERNON, NE lv YORK.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 699,498, dated May 6,1902.

Application filed July 5, 1901. Serial No. 67,074. (No model.)

To all whmn it may concern.-

Beitknown that I, JosEPH DE MAYO, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mount Vernon, in the county of \Vestchester and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coats orGarments, of which the following is a full and complete specification,such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains tomake and use the same.

This invention relates to coats and similar upper garments of the classknown as singlepiece garments or those formed from asingle piece offabric and applies to the finished garment or to the blank or patternfor forming the same.

The object of my invention is to construct a ladys garment having aconstricted waist, the body and sleeves of which and all save thecollar-cover are formed of a single piece of fabric, the seams of whichgarment are reduced to a minimum in both length and number; and to suchends the same consists in substance of a garment formed of a singlesheet or web of suitable fabric first provided with a suitably-indentedcontour, the edges of various parts of which contour have been afterwardsecured together by sewing or otherwise at the points required to formthe desired garment, which garment is usually but not necessarilyprovided with an outer collar piece or cover formed of a differentfabric, or a blank out of which such a garment may be easily formed, orof a pattern-sheet of the same contour as such blank.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, inwhich like letters of reference designate corresponding parts in theseveral views, Figure 1 is a plan view of the pattern or blank out ofwhich my improved single-piece coat or garment is formed, and Fig. 2 isa front view in perspective of the completed garment formed from suchpattern or blank.

In the practice of my invention I provide a pattern or blank, such asshown in Fig. 1, cut from paper or any other suitable material, suchpattern or blank comprising a tail portion 5, having side tailextensions 6 and an upper central waist portion 7. The side extensions 6fold forward onto one another, as

tion, and the top line of each of such side extensions (i is providedwith the upward merging curves 9 and 10 and the downward curve 11, fromthe end of which latter extends downward the concave contour-line 12,connecting with the like concave contour-line 13, connected at its upperend with the similar concave contour-line 14, which connects at itsupper end with a short line 15, whereby a downwardly-directed darta andan upwardlydirected dart Z) are formed and the line also connects withthe convex lower line 10 of the sleeve portion or blank 17, which isbounded on the end by the concave contourline 18 and on the top andinner upper end by the concave lines 19 and 20. The contour-line 20connects at the end with the concave line 21, which connects with thelike line 22,which connects with the straight line 23, connecting withthe straight or nearly straight line 24, which connects with thestraightline 25,which connects with the curved line 26, which forms theboundary on that side of the neck orifice of the blank, the portionsbounded by the lines 21 to 26, inclusive, constituting one of the sideupper front breast portions of the completed garment when secured inposition, as shown in Fig. 2 at 27. Between the line 25 on the otherside of the neck-orifice and extending upward from the central waist orbody portion 7 of the sheet are two reversely-curved, outwardly-flared,and usually square-end lapel tangs or pieces 28, which in the completedgarment when turned down and secured in proper manner to the mainportion of the blank serve to form the upper portion of the lapel of thegarment and a portion of the collar, as shown in Fig. 2 at 29.

The part 7 of the blank forms the back portion of the coat or garment,which is formed by folding the blank, formed as shown in Fig. 1, intothe position shown in Fig. 2 and then securing the edges of the materialtogether at all the abutting points save those constituting the frontand sleeve end openings, which is done by stitching or securing the sametogether in any suitable manner. I11 this operation the sides of thebody portion of the blank are folded to the front, and the point of thebreast portion 27 secured to the portion 6 at the point 31, the topportion shown in Fig. 2, to form the forward tail porhaving been foldeddown to the front for that tom portion of the inner end of such sleeveto the body portion of the garment, and the two sides of thesleeve-blanks 16 and 17 are then stitched together to form the sleeve,and the end 18 turned back and stitched down .upon itself to form acuff-band in the wellknown manner. The lapel-tangs 28 are then turneddown and sewed to the line 26, the square ends thereof helping to formthe notch 3% between the lapel and the collar, and an outer covering 35,of Velvet or similar material, stiffened with the usualcollar-stiffening fabric, being usuallyprovided to form a stiffer andmore ornamental collar-piece.

Although I have described my invention as particularly adapted for usein making coats and ladies garments, the chief object thereof is toprovide an improved pattern for making ladies cloaks and sack-coats forgentlemen, and it is for this reason that the darts Ct and b areemployed, the lines of these darts being curved, so as to produce a fitof the coat or garment and to make the latter conform to the bodybeneath the arms.

I do not intend to limit myself to the exact form of construction shownand described herein, as it is evident that many changes andmodifications in such construction may be made without departing fromthe scope of my invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A coat or similar garment composed of a single piece, said piececomprising a body portion having side extensions, a centralupwardly-directed portion in which the neckopening is formed, and sideextensions con nected with said upwardly-directed portion and which formthe shoulders and sleeves of the garment, said parts being adapted to befolded so as to form a garment, and the body portion being provided atthe top where the side extensions join said body portion and where thesleeves connect with the upwardlydirected extensions with downwardly andupwardly directed darts, the inner lines or edges of which are curvedinwardly, substantially as shown and described.

2. A coat or similar garment composed of a single piece, the blank fromwhich it is formed comprising a bodyportion having side extensions, acentrally upwardly directed portion in which the neck-opening is formed,said neck-opening being provided at the bottom thereof withupwardly-directed members designed to form a part of the lapels of thegarment, side extensions connected with the upwardly-directed portionand designed to form the shoulders and sleeves of the garment, saidparts being adapted to be folded so as to form said garment,substantially as shown and described.

3. A coat or similar garment composed of a single piece, the blank fromwhich it is formed comprising a body portion having side extensions, acentrally upwardly directed portion in which the neck-opening is formed,said neck-opening being provided at the bottom thereof withupwardly-directed members designed to form a part of the lapels of thegarment, side extensions connected with the upwardly-directed portionand designed to form the shoulders and sleeves of the garment, saidparts being adapted to be folded so as to form said garment, and thebody portion being also provided at the top of the side extensions withdownwardly-directed darts, the inner lines or edges of which are curvedinwardly, substantially as shown and described.

L. A coat or similar garment composed of a single piece, the blank fromwhich said piece is formed comprising a body portion having sideextensions, a central upwardlydirected portion in which the neck-openingis formed, said neck-opening being provided at the bottom thereof withupwardly-directed members designed to form a part of the lapels of thegarment, side extensions connected with the upwardly-directed portionand designed to form the shoulders and the sleeves of the garment, saidparts being adapted to be folded so as to form said garment, and thebody portion being also provided at the top of the side extensions andat the bottom of the sleeve extension with downwardly and upwardlydirected darts, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname, in presence of the subscribing witnesses, this 1st day of July,1901.

JOSEPH DE MAYO.

\Vitnesses:

L. R. BOYER, F. F. TELLER.

